Championship Watch
Jim Clark won the 1963 Drivers' Championship for Lotus-Climax. Final 1963 standings — every driver and constructor ranked by points and wins.
Jim Clark won the 1963 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship driving for Lotus-Climax, finishing on 54 points, 25 clear of Graham Hill. Clark won 7 races that season.
Lotus-Climax took the Constructors' Championship with 54 points, 18 ahead of BRM.
3 different drivers won a Grand Prix, and 17 drivers scored championship points.
Championships in this era were decided on a "best results" basis — drivers counted only their highest-scoring finishes towards the title, so season totals can differ from the sum of every race result. Dropped scores were abolished from 1991.
Standings compiled from the Ergast/Jolpica Formula 1 results archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.
Jim Clark leads the 1963 Drivers Championship with 54 points, holding a 25-point advantage over Graham Hill (BRM). That margin spans roughly two race results, keeping the championship fight alive through the coming rounds.
In the 1963 Constructors Championship, Lotus-Climax leads with 54 points — a 18-point margin over BRM. The Constructors title is decided by the combined points haul of a team's two drivers from every race, making car reliability, pit stop execution, and strategic pairing as important as raw pace.
The current FIA points system awards points to the top ten finishers in every Grand Prix: 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1. An additional point goes to the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race, provided they finish inside the top ten. Sprint events — held on Saturday at select rounds — offer a separate points structure: 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for the top eight finishers, counting toward both championships independently of the main race result.
A driver must hold an FIA Super Licence and score at least one championship point to register on the standings. DNFs score zero, but a classified finish — completing at least 90% of the race distance — earns the driver’s finishing position even without a points reward.